Archive for March 24th, 2010

Hello! Okay, we are getting things done. I did some major spring cleaning today. With all the accumulated trip souvenirs I had brought out of the RV and home, I had to make some room, so I threw out two bags of junk I didn’t want anymore that I had forever (and why am I hanging on to the box my laptop came in three years ago and the box my netbook came in six months ago and the box my Blackberry came in a year ago???) and I took two bags of books to the library. I thought the library could use them, and when I dropped them off, the librarian was very appreciative . The only thing that lingers around now are magazines that pile up month after month. I have around 9 magazine subscriptions that show up in my mailbox month after month. I get Popular Science, Popular Mechanic, Trailer Life, Camping Life, Reader’s Digest, a magazine called Inc, another one called Fast Company, and much more!). Okay, maybe more than 9 a month! But I like reading. And a magazine isn’t like a book. With magazines, I tear out favorite articles and I *try* to throw away the magazine, but they just end up laying around creating stacks, almost like their own little village on my shelves. I’ve got to do something with them. When I had this problem a few years back, I tore off my name tag on magazines and dropped them off at nursing homes. They loved them! I wonder if I can still do that. Someone told me to drop them off at my local jail. Hmmmm, no thanks, something just doesn’t feel right with me on that one. I’ve never been near a jail and I’m not going to start by dropping off magazines there. I’ll check around and see where I can unload them. Hey, if you have any ideas on where I can drop them off, let me know. I must have 100 of them sitting around! Okay, now that I look at the pile, it’s more like 50.
Anyways, I went to Verizon Wireless today (yes, again) and I was told by the manager that if I buy a Blackberry that I can get the Mi-Fi 2200 internet card for free AND I can get another phone (simple flip phone) for free too! What a deal. We can sure use that Mi-Fi internet card next winter over the road. I got all excited about this deal, didn’t bite at it yet. I’ll wait another week or two to see what else comes up for a jackpot! Oh, speaking of changing cell phone companies…I will Not be changing my cell phone number. So, all of you that have my digits, keep using it and I’ll answer!
Today I had lunch at Five Guys burgers and fries restaurant. They just opened a restaurant here in Manchester two weeks ago. I’ve seen this chain in my travels, but don’t exactly remember where. So mom and I tried it out today and it was just “ok”, nothing to brag about and a tad over priced in my book. Two hamburger (1/3 of a pound hamburger patty), two sodas, and we shared a “regular” size fries came to $16 something. Like I said, it was just “ok”, and I will be staying with my Ruby Tuesdays for a hamburger because in my opinion, they have the best, oh, and don’t forget to order the mango iced tea while you are there!
Okay, tomorrow we are buying a huge massive tarp and we are pulling the Montana out from it’s hole and we are laying the tarp down and backing it over it. Try to make it so that those little rodents don’t get in and keep it off the dirt. That’s our project for tomorrow. Oh, and today I reconnected my internet router so we can use our laptops securely and with excellent internet signal once again! Well, we are already talking about next winters trip and I sure wish I could press that fast forward button. But until then, I’ll keep playing the lottery Have a great night and I’ll bug you later!

Hi! Well, I’m thinking that maybe if I keep writing my blog my vacation will come back to life and I will continue to more new and exciting places! No?? Or maybe it’s just that I like to yap! This blog will come to an end, but just not yet…..got to tell ya about my day today!
Today I slept late….till around 10:30am. Jake was laying there by my feet looking at me like “Are you getting up sometime today?”. I patted him on the head and said, “Sure, why not”. I said that out loud of course. Yes, I’m the crazy pet owner that has deep meaningful conversations with an 8 pound Maltese.
So, today, we took two vehicles to the RV and emptied the camper out. My clothes, Jake’s toys, books, food, printer, everything. It wasn’t too bad, just took one round trip. And then I ran errands. I’ve got a list a mile long to get done. OH, I called up Jake’s veterinarian and they had his dog treats in stock! So I ran down there and bought two big bags of doggie treats. He’s only allowed two treats a day, but I got two bags because I felt bad about depriving him of his treats for so long. Today it rained all day….and it’s not that Florida rain that starts around noon and ends around two. It rained from morning to night. I picked up my mail today, dropped off my comforter to the dry cleaners, got my oil changed on my Explorer, fixed the flat that I came home to on my Explorer, how exciting…..oh, I went to Verizon Wireless today to see about switching my Nextel over to them – I did that this afternoon after someone I was talking to on my cell phone today (in NH) said I sounded better in Florida. Nextel does not have the greatest service here in New Hampshire. If Nextel came to visit me, I could point out the exactly spots where I lose cell phone service to them. For the same exact plan I have now with Nextel, it would be $30 dollars more a month with Verizon. What to do, what to do. Save the $30 dollars and have the Nextel service annoy everyone that calls me OR accommodate my friends and pay up. And I do like to talk…..
So, that’s what I did today. I’ve got plenty more Spring cleaning to do around here so I will continue working my way down my list this week. Tomorrow I will get that tire fixed on my car because I can see I have a super slow leak in that tire. That’s just annoying all together. And Jake needs his city license, so I might just mosey over to city hall. So everything is good. I’ve got friends setting up lunch dates with me already. Tonight mom and I caught up with my sister and her husband for a late dinner. That was very nice.
So I did the math today and figured that I will be here for 7 months……..there’s around 31 days a month……that’s 217 days to go, tomorrow will be 216 days to go! Pathetic huh, yeah, I know. Well, time to cuddle with Jake, I’ll be back tomorrow. Night Night!